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Ten In A Five-Pound Bag: Get A Listen Of This V10-Swapped Mercury Capri

Full disclosure: it’s after one in the morning and I’m wide awake listening to the wind attempt to rip the roof off of my house. I’ve been looking over so many ideas for the one...

Rough Start: 1971 Ford F-350 With A Handy Tilt Nose!

I don’t know why I’m picking on Lohnes lately. The man has done nothing wrong to me. But lately I’ve just had it out for him vehicle-wise. First it was that stuntman-ready Chevrolet...

Americans Win Dakar! Dakar Rally Highlights Continue! Stages 6-12 Are Right Here. Sun And Sand For Days!

For the first time ever, American’s have won in the Dakar Rally! Overall win goes to Ricky Brabec who finished with a total time of just over 40 hours aboard his Honda motorcycle. The Dakar...

PRE-REGISTER FOR LS FEST WEST NOW! Vegas Baby, Vegas. Don’t Miss Out, Registration Is Now Open!

Holley’s LS Fest West is fast becoming the outlandish, crazy and fun no so little brother of Holley’s LS Fest in Bowling Green Kentucky. With growth that can only be described as awesome,...

Five Years Of Yikes: Drag Racing Close Calls And Carnage From The UK

Racing in the United Kingdom takes a bit longer to kick off than it does down in the states. Here, we just wait until Florida and Texas start getting beautiful weather and spread out from there. Over...

Money No Object: 1965 Dodge Coronet 440 Station Wagon

I never knew that I needed this car until I saw pictures of it. I don’t mind wagons at all. Except Chevy Cavalier station wagons, they can all get smashed flat for what I care. But RWD station...

Ford IDI Diesel…Good Or Bad? Get Both Answers Courtesy Of Our Friends In The North!

In the early 1980s, Ford decided that they wanted a diesel engine for their F-series lineup. They tapped International Harvester to help create a low-cost diesel that would work in the truck and the...

Impractical? Fooey! Watch This Pulling Tractor Take Care Of Multiple Jobs On The Farm!

There are times in this world when practicality rules all, right? Certainly aspects of life are just better when approached with that mindset. Racing and motorsport are not parts of this discussion....

Awesome Video: Ride Along In A Camaro SS As It Acts As The Spotter Car For U2 Spy Plane Landings!

Now this is a ride along we never thought we would see! Since the incredible U2 spay plane has been a part of the United States Air Force fleet, there have been spotter cars chasing it down the...

Monaco Memories: This Trailer For A Film About The Monaco GP Has Legendary Drivers, Historic Footage

The Monaco Grand Prix is racing’s grand old lady. The race, which follows the same street circuit that it has since 1929 embodies all the stuff that makes F1 the most glamorous racing series in...

Classic YouTube: AMC Eagle SX/4…Better In The Dirt Than The Pony Cars!

Bless ’em, they were trying their asses off. American Motors knew they were in trouble in the late 1970s and they were trying everything under the sun to come up with a hit. They put four-wheel...

Like A Nitroglycerin Pill: 1989 Geo Tracker With A Blown Small-Block Underhood

Nitroglycerin as an explosive is a horrifying thing. If you shock the product, it explodes. When it does explode, it will fill a void with 1,200 times the original volume of the chemical as a gas,...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Worst Repair Job Out There?

I’ve been spinning wrenches on the Rough Start Mustang for exactly three days now. Rather, I’ve been blasting every spot of interior plastic with cleaner and I’ve been busy gutting...

Crazy Power: VMP Makes First Dyno Pulls With Their 5.2L Blown Predator Swap Mustang – 900hp To The Wheels!

Many hardcore Ford fans were kind of bummed when they learned that the 2020 Mustang GT500 was going to be powered by the supercharged 5.2L Predator engine that the company builds. Why? Perhaps they...